<![CDATA[Setting up age verification for my BBS]]>Setting up age verification for my BBS

It's simple: if you know what a BBS is and manage to connect to it, you're clearly over 18.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d3fa211d-ac7f-482e-9825-f710934874a5/setting-up-age-verification-for-my-bbsRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:46:11 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 21:05:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 06:02:26 GMT]]>@gunstick at least give them a safeword first

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116537435488301023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116537435488301023Fri, 08 May 2026 06:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 05:59:23 GMT]]>@foone I drop random unknown users into vim. To continue they need to be able to exit .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/users/gunstick/statuses/116537423542146433https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/users/gunstick/statuses/116537423542146433Fri, 08 May 2026 05:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 05:20:40 GMT]]>I, too, was 12 when I figured those items out. Clearly that means that as far as BBS are concerned, I am 12 forever. Isn't that how digital age verification works?
@foone

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/osma/statuses/116537271277372714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/osma/statuses/116537271277372714Fri, 08 May 2026 05:20:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 05:12:40 GMT]]>@foone are there pre-teens on the fediverse? (don't read it the wrong way)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooot.im/users/hananc/statuses/116537239811772153https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooot.im/users/hananc/statuses/116537239811772153Fri, 08 May 2026 05:12:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 05:05:29 GMT]]>@foone I read BBS and suddenly I have strange beeps in my head 😀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/diekenbrock/statuses/116537211567886865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/diekenbrock/statuses/116537211567886865Fri, 08 May 2026 05:05:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:45:14 GMT]]>@foone no but they have to connect by imitating making a modem tone with their voices

You can read about dialup but to truly experience it you need to dee-dee-dee BLORGHKXKXLLLKKKXXXXKKXXXX

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/catmisgivings/statuses/116536896036912050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/catmisgivings/statuses/116536896036912050Fri, 08 May 2026 03:45:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:41:03 GMT]]>@foone I don't own a POTS landline anymore though??

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ellieayla.net/users/ellie/statuses/116536879598360359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ellieayla.net/users/ellie/statuses/116536879598360359Fri, 08 May 2026 03:41:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:09:44 GMT]]>@foone ATDT....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeismoAllegra/statuses/116536756446942123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeismoAllegra/statuses/116536756446942123Fri, 08 May 2026 03:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:25:04 GMT]]>@foone

Related age verification option: Knowing that seeing “NO CARRIER” on a screen had nothing to do with mobile phone coverage.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116536580808663906https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116536580808663906Fri, 08 May 2026 02:25:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:18:22 GMT]]>@foone

Oh yeah! I remember when BBS’s were listed in the yellow pages.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116536554436207752https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116536554436207752Fri, 08 May 2026 02:18:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:13:25 GMT]]>@foone

Most of us in that club are closer to pensionable age...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/cazabon/statuses/116536535002335442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/cazabon/statuses/116536535002335442Fri, 08 May 2026 02:13:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:33 GMT]]>@foone That reminds me of the age checks in Leisure Suit Larry.

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Leisure Suit Larry | Info, Walkthrough and Material from the Classic Graphic Adventure Game

Age Verification Quiz for Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, for the original, VGA and Reloaded version.

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Leisure Suit Larry | Info, Walkthrough and Material from the Classic Graphic Adventure Game (www.classicgaming.cc)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/thomrstrom/statuses/116536484386441241https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/thomrstrom/statuses/116536484386441241Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:24 GMT]]>@foone 2400 club!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/maj/statuses/116536483779889986https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/maj/statuses/116536483779889986Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:08:09 GMT]]>@foone But I ran a BBS out of my parents garage when I was 15. 🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/andrewbriscoe/statuses/116536278343000015https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/andrewbriscoe/statuses/116536278343000015Fri, 08 May 2026 01:08:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:57:06 GMT]]>@foone @oneguynick

Don't know what BBS is ... i m over 60 !

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/fourmiune/statuses/116536234921670385https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/fourmiune/statuses/116536234921670385Fri, 08 May 2026 00:57:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:18:59 GMT]]>@foone Ahh, yes. Pepperidge farms remembers giving his mom a heart attack with the bill for a two hour phone call to a now-infamous german BBS in 1987. Also remembers tracking down a captain crunch whistle after the savage & reflectively probably well deserved beating he endured over said bill.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Beggarmidas/statuses/116536085032832288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Beggarmidas/statuses/116536085032832288Fri, 08 May 2026 00:18:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:53:07 GMT]]>@foone citadel, one hopes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/geeksam/statuses/116535983322819170https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/geeksam/statuses/116535983322819170Thu, 07 May 2026 23:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:48:54 GMT]]>@foone I connected to BBSes using native ISDN in my teens some time around 2012 or so

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/qsx/statuses/116535966740627544https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/qsx/statuses/116535966740627544Thu, 07 May 2026 23:48:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:48:10 GMT]]>@littlefox @domi @foone me too!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://embracing.space/users/IngaLovinde/statuses/116535963869263452https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://embracing.space/users/IngaLovinde/statuses/116535963869263452Thu, 07 May 2026 23:48:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:40:40 GMT]]>@domi @foone

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wtrmt/statuses/116535934359856108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wtrmt/statuses/116535934359856108Thu, 07 May 2026 23:40:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:36:57 GMT]]>@foone you can also ask them to go and register a CompuServe account using a special link.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wtrmt/statuses/116535919740157973https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wtrmt/statuses/116535919740157973Thu, 07 May 2026 23:36:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:30:56 GMT]]>@IngaLovinde @domi @foone but I also used Windows 95 when I was 12 o.o

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network/users/littlefox/statuses/01KR2CFCGJMDTNSN6VBMY9VHFEhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network/users/littlefox/statuses/01KR2CFCGJMDTNSN6VBMY9VHFEThu, 07 May 2026 23:30:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:02:28 GMT]]>@domi @foone @littlefox "I was using windows 95 when I was 12" puts you even earlier than 1992!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://embracing.space/users/IngaLovinde/statuses/116535784177372941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://embracing.space/users/IngaLovinde/statuses/116535784177372941Thu, 07 May 2026 23:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting up age verification for my BBS on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:51:08 GMT]]>@doskel @domi @foone I found out my middle/high school network didn't block Telnet or SSH (because what underpaid grade school IT staff is gonna bother with that?) so I spent a lot of time in like 2016 playing Trade Wars 2002 and such in class lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/nytpu/statuses/116535739609131735https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/nytpu/statuses/116535739609131735Thu, 07 May 2026 22:51:08 GMT